Do you think “healthcare reform” should include providing coverage to illegal immigrants?
Question by Didier Drogba: Do you think “healthcare reform” should include providing coverage to illegal immigrants?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/june_2009/americans_support_universal_health_coverage_but_not_if_it_covers_illegal_immigrants
Best answer:
Answer by glenn b
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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17 Replies to “Do you think “healthcare reform” should include providing coverage to illegal immigrants?”
Um, no.
Duh.
No. I don’t think it should and I don’t think it will. You realize anyone can get medical attention at an emergency room right now, right?
We already provide them with emergency room visits. We might as well provide them with preventative care, since that is cheaper.
no. it should provide them a cattle car back to the motherland though. i’d pay into that fund.
only if it makes Cons furious
No
Nope.
Yes, they are still human.
Nope they need to be booted back to where they came from, which in case Liberals like Pelosi don’t understand it IS THE LAW.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!
Sure, because we’re a compassionate nation. And upon release from the hospital, immediate deportation.
The ONLY bill being considered forbids payment for service to illegals but REQUIRES caregivers to serve them.
So there is no “coverage” exactly, since no one gets paid.
Hell no! What part of illegal don’t you understand?
Absolutely NOT!!!!!
First, let me start by saying that I doubt there is anyone who wouldn’t like some sort of health care reform. We are getting charged way too much and our options are limited (can’t buy meds from Canada, no interstate insurance plans, etc). But the bill as it stands needs to be modified. One such instance is allowing nonresident aliens (illegal aliens) to gain HC. This can be found on page 170, secion 59B, line 1 of HR2600 (the house version of the bill). This is just one example. So I urge each of you to look over the two links I have provided, one being the bill, and the other being snippets about the bill (the snippets do have a right leaning slant, but if you cross reference you can make your own judgement.)
http://docs.house.gov/edlabor/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
http://www.liberty.edu/media/9980/attachments/healthcare_overview_obama_072909.pdf
There should BE no illegal immigrants, or as Harry Reid refers to them “Undocumented Americans” — Reid is such a jerk.
If we had no illegal aliens, we’d see more technology doing what they do, and more investment in technology, higher productivity, etc. and lower costs.
Illegals do NOT pay enough in taxes to cover the benefits they receive now, if it included health care, that would really be ridiculous.
First blush says heck no. Second blush says heck no. I see no reason for a third.
The employers who are exploiting the illegals and also us, in their exploitation of the illegals, should get NO help from us to do it.